Get Your AA in English!
Program Requirements:
Freshman Year*
| English 1A (Critical Reading and Composition) | 3 units |
| Select one of the following courses: | |
| English 3 (Composition and Analysis of Literature) | 3 units |
| English 4 (Critical Thinking and Writing about Literature) | 3 units |
| English 45 (Studies in Fiction) | 3 units |
| General Education Courses: | |
| English Composition (Language and Rationality)** | |
| Mathematics | |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences | |
| Natural Sciences | |
| Wellness (Health and Physical Education) |
Sophomore Year*
| English 7 (Critical Thinking and Writing across Disciplines) | 3 units |
| English 20 (Studies in Shakespeare) | 3 units |
| Electives*** | 6 units total |
| General Education Courses: | |
| American Cultures: | |
| American Institutions | |
| Humanities | |
| Communications and Analytical Thinking | |
| Wellness (Health and Physical Education) |
Total Units Required: 60 units
| *The freshman and sophomore courses are given in a suggested order, but students may change the order according to their schedules. The one exception is English 1A; it is a prerequisite for all the English courses required for the major, so it will have to be taken first. Students who must first take basic skills English (100A/100B or 104) before gaining entrance into English 1A can begin their course of study with English courses that have only English 100B or 104 as “strongly recommended,” by permission of the instructor, or with elective courses outside of English. |
**The English Composition requirement will be fulfilled by the required courses for the major.
*** Electives
Select from the courses below for a minimum of 6 units
(courses may not count as both a requirement and an elective)
| English 3 (Composition and Analysis of Literature) | 3 units |
| English 4 (Critical Thinking and Writing about Literature) | 3 units |
| English 11 (Introduction to Creative Writing) | 3 units |
| English 12 (The Craft of Writing Fiction | 3 units |
| English 13 (The Craft of Writing Poetry) | 3 units |
| English 19 (Literary Magazine Workshop) | 2 units |
| English 32 (U.S. Women’s Literature) | 3 units |
| English 44 (Literature of the American West) | 3 units |
| ESL 24 (Advanced Reading and Composition) | 5 units |
| ESL 25 (Advanced Reading and Composition) | 5 units |
| ESL 26 (Advanced Editing) | 3 units |
| Humanities 1 (Philosophy, the Sciences, Epic Poetry) | 3 units |
| Humanities 28 (Classic Myths) | 3 units |
| Humanities 35 (Greek Tragedy) | 3 units |
| Mass Communications 1 (Journalism: Newswriting and Information Gathering) | 3 units |
| Mass Communications 2 (Journalism: Investigative News Writing) | 3 units |
| Mass Communications 3 (Journalism: Magazine and Newspaper Feature Writing) | 3 units |
| Speech 2A (Oral Interpretation of Literature I) | 3 units |
| Speech 2B (Oral Interpretation of Literature II) | 3 units |
| Speech 5 (Readers Theater) | 3 units |
| Theater Arts 4 (American Cultures in Theater) | 3 units |
| Theater Arts 10 (Introduction to Dramatic Arts) | 3 units |
| Theater Arts 11 (Stage to Film) | 3 units |
| Theater Arts 12 (Film as Art and Communication) | 3 units |
| Theater Arts 14 (Bay Area Theater) | 3 units |
